Shite in Miniature II

[155V6]

I had loads of Dinky Transits,still got a few.I couldn't leave them standard though,too many Surrey Street Rodders shows & Custom Car magazines 😂

[andrew e]

So what colour should any Steed Jag homage be? Lots of different shades!

[bunglebus]

Well I suppose green the same as the real thing - who knows why Dinky changed it to blue.

My problem is what wheels to use, got nothing the right size or style at the moment 

[Bren]

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Will post it anyway.  Can always delete it if I get hundreds of Ofcom complaints.

 

I have a few dinky cars - however it's the sci fi stuff - especially Gerry Anderson - that I really like.

 

[Split_Pin]

Until tonight I never knew that the plastic beams, nuts and bolts that I owned as a very young boy was Mecanno. I played with that a lot, mostly making cars, tractors and once my dad and I built a really big electricity pylon with a woollen 'wire' powering our television.

Mixed in with the Mecanno was another set which had slightly bigger pieces and bolts but the 2 fitted together.

I'm not allowed to visit my parents any more due to local lockdown restrictions in place so I can't check the loft. As they're both in their 70s I'm not going to send them up to crawl around and look for it but I can't imagine it would be something worth selling and I wonder if it's still there!

[eddyramrod]

I might still have some of that too, and some of the metal variety.

[bunglebus]

I sold mine on eBay years ago, and then had to post a stupidly heavy box...to Australia.

[flat4alfa]

Dinky 'Emergency!' Paramedic truck.  I knew nothing of the TV series or the  1972 Dodge D-300 model

 

The release grille is quite different and nearer the 1979/1980  Dodge D-series

[flat4alfa]

[flat4alfa]

On 8/1/2020 at 1:26 PM, sierraman said:

Great news folks if you’ve a competent Tesco’s nearby... in 2021 Matchbox are re releasing the Field Car and a 1970 Ford Capri

Look to be completely new castings, along with the Toyota MR2 Mk1

  

 

They've some catching up to do...  did we ever see these '2020' releases?

  

 

[antony denman]

17 hours ago, 155V6 said:

This is my Vanpire Transit which I've had since new 

The chassis ended up here

For some reason,I also ended up with the chassis from my mate's Vanpire & I made this after I'd seen van banger racing on TV 😁

The head on the roof is from a Hotwheels Zowie

 

[antony denman]

Just now, antony denman said:

 

made a mk1 super van and a avis van out off the vampire van 

[Datsuncog]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

I knew nothing of this series or the  1972 Dodge D-300 model

I don't remember the TV series either, but I once had the Dinky Dodge (with bowed axles and missing accessories):

Bought it when I was about 11 or 12 from a guy outside an auction one winter night. I'm not sure why, as I never liked it all that much... the prototype looks better, somehow. I think I must have sold it on about ten years ago.

I don't think the Fire Chief version of the Plymouth Gran Fury ever appeared on the shelves either - cheers for those trade catalogue scans, that's very interesting to see the might-have-beens from Dinky's last days...

[flat4alfa]

35 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

cheers for those trade catalogue scans, that's very interesting to see the might-have-beens from Dinky's last days...

Oh I didn't scan them, I found them tucked away in downloadable form, within the depths of a t'interweb Meccano interest group

[flat4alfa]

16 hours ago, andrew e said:

So what colour should any Steed Jag homage be? Lots of different shades!

Contrast is all over the place on film, most footage looks too dark a green.  I chose this colour from a publicity still. 

Well, I say 'chose', that was the choice made when I thought the @155V6 chassis-less one might be up for grabs, but have since found out it's already on the way to @bunglebus towers...  Gah!   This thread moves too fast for little old me

Anyone else got a surplus half-dead Dinky Jaguar XJ 'Big Cat' ?  To me it looks so much sleaker than the Corgi effort, almost Gerry Anderson

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

They've some catching up to do...  did we ever see these '2020' releases?

  

 

Not yet but I'm hoping they'll land in Tesco soon - Crapi looks good!

[bunglebus]

Talking of Tesco, definitely no shortage of the desirable ones

Smyths also have a new set in

and some deliveries!

Hot Wheels/Mebetoys R5

Corgi Plymouth Suburban 

Another colour of the Vairy 8, Datsuncog tracked the silver one down for me

Really pleased to find this Hi-Raker with the top intact

Was this a giveaway? China base rather than usual Macau

Lastly, tiny Capri. Don't buy many of these railway decoration models but couldn't resist this one

[andrew e]

The Autoshite law of attraction - bumped into @bunglebus earlier, within an hour I’d buckled 😆 

[AndyW201]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Look to be completely new castings, along with the Toyota MR2 Mk1

  

 

They've some catching up to do...  did we ever see these '2020' releases?

  

 

Definitely some want for the Civic, Capri and BGT. Sadly my local Tesco, who could once be relied upon for a good supply have now stooped to putting only one or two of each (MB and HW), on the shelf, housed in a big clunky plastic security case. Last time I looked it was a VW Trekker, some road sweeper thing and two of the  HW Go Pro things. Shit!

Hasn't stopped the pilferers from having a go at the 5 packs that are hanging up above them though...

So sadly it looks like I won't be getting hold of any future Matchbox stuff.

[flat4alfa]

I gave up with the big Tesco around here, it's a bun fight and the non-food aisles are a mess.  The staff can't be bothered 

Last time I was in there over a month a go, the HW and MB trays were empty

[sierraman]

I think they’ve obviously got supply issues in the U.K. I’d probably go as far as to say they’ve probably been discontinued and it’s old stock.

[Amishtat]

4 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Sorry folks, not enough hours in my day this week.. I'd swear there's withdrawal symptoms emerging as a result of two Wednesdays with no rooting through fucked and filthy old diecast wreckage. It is just me and the dog at home tonight though so I might rummage out some of the stuff you haven't seen before after dinner. Not that there's much of it really, it's more an opportunity to get it all out on the kitchen table without feeling an odd pang of guilt. Morris won't tell.. 

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Was this a giveaway? China base rather than usual Macau

Promotional during 1990-1991, you collected Milky Way wrappers

Part of this campaign

 

[sierraman]

I have the Milky Way Chevy, can’t remember saving the wrappers. Can remember saving up Turkey Burgers token s around 94/95 to get a Rhino Rod though. 

[bunglebus]

7 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I have the Milky Way Chevy, can’t remember saving the wrappers. Can remember saving up Turkey Burgers token s around 94/95 to get a Rhino Rod though. 

What's a Rhino Rod when it's at home?

[sierraman]

24 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

What's a Rhino Rod when it's at home?

Matchbox from the mid 90’s, it was err basically a rhino with wheels. If I find one in the loft I’ll take a picture. 

[ETCHY]

Talking of Steeds Jag & the Dinky version is this of any interest ?

https://dinkytvspace.com/113-john-steeds-jaguar-xj12c/ 

[flat4alfa]

Quote

Part of a group of “Animal Cars” that included a bumble Bee and a RotWheiler, and they caused quite a stir amongst Matchbox Collecting purists. They we seen as the beginning of the end of Matchbox, because they feared more of these Hot Wheels like fantasy cars. As it turns out, the outcry was heard, and MB didn’t produce any more of these. Since most of them went to kids, and not collectors, they are now getting harder and harder to find, particularly in their original packaging. [source: the Internet]

[bunglebus]

Not in a rush to track one down...

[bunglebus]

10 minutes ago, ETCHY said:

Talking of Steeds Jag & the Dinky version is this of any interest ?

https://dinkytvspace.com/113-john-steeds-jaguar-xj12c/ 

This is the thread I found, it's not the easiest read but fascinating - to me anyway

 

https://www.planetdiecast.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=125&id=10557&Itemid=0